matricides

/M AE1 T R AH0 S AY0 D Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The killing of one's mother.

    “Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.”

  2. 2

    A person who kills his or her mother.

    “Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.”

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